"Bob Howsam, a successful minor league baseball owner who built Bears Stadium in the 1940s, was awarded an AFL charter franchise on August 14, 1959. Severely limited financially, Howsam clothed his first team in used uniforms from the defunct Copper Bowl in Tucson, Ariz. Making the uniforms particularly joke-worthy were the vertically-striped socks that completed the Broncos' dress. Two years later, when Jack Faulkner took over as head coach and general manager, the socks were destroyed in a public burning ceremony."http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=10

NUMBER 1 KO FAN wrote:A lot of people were posting that a cryptic message was being sent when Mcdaniels held up the famous Cutler throwback jersey. They incorrectly assumed that was a Cleveland Browns jersey.